Garda Commissioner Drew Harris today stood over a decision to use the force's most elite detective unit - to investigate an officer for lending a pensioner a bike. “I understand entirely why that decision was made,” Mr Harris said today over the use of the National Bureau Of Criminal Investigation to probe the Midlands based officer – who only returned to full duty on Thursday following a four year saga.
The officer was the focus of a long running probe after he took a bicycle from Garda stores that was about to be disposed of and lent it to a pensioner during lockdown. READ MORE: Retired judge calls for Drew Harris to be sacked after garda suspended for giving bike to pensioner He took the bike without permission and was investigated for theft – but later cleared. He was then subjected to a disciplinary process – and that only exonerated him two weeks ago. The NBCI deals with major crimes including murder and espionage – but Mr Harris said he backed the decision to send detectives from that Dublin-based unit to the Midlands to investigate the officer. Speaking today at the Garda College in Templemore, Co Tipperary, Mr Harris said: “Having seen the rationale of it and we are talking about very experienced, competent and indeed distinguished and illustrious members of An Garda Siochana who made these decisions, I do stand over the
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